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Sunday, July 19, 2015

The Real Hero Is Trump

The Horse Sense Blog compares the nonsense in today's news with good ol' fashioned horse sense.

Here's the Nonsense:
Donald Trump was awful for questioning John McCain's record as a
senator. McCain is a was hero and should never be questioned.

Here's the Horse Sense:
Trump may have used a poor choice of words, but he is the real hero for
standing up for Americans. The other candidates should have taken a
stand for those Americans, too.

Since
they are getting pummeled in the presidential race and cannot stand up
to straight talk, the Republican candidates have decided to be the
cowards they are and attack the person in the lead. While they could
take him on directly on the battlefield of ideas, few are willing to
try. Why? Because it's hard to stand up to truth. And like it or not,
Donald Trump is telling it like it is, giving everyone the
unvarnished truth. So they've watched for something they could attack
and now some of them think they've found it with Trump's comments on
John McCain.

But
let's take a closer look at this. Trump made a statement about McCain
that his opponents claim questioned his hero status during his military
service. What hasn't been reported clearly is that as soon as he said
it he corrected himself FOUR times saying McCain is a war hero. (Sharyl
Atkisson reports it clearly here.) While he could
have chosen words that would have communicated his point more clearly,
there shouldn't be an immediate attack because something is quoted incompletely and assumed to be politically
incorrect. Instead, his words should be examined with an effort to
understand his point. Through that process it should be determined if
he was speaking truth or not. But that's not what we hear from the
likes of Rick Perry and Jeb Bush.

Perry
used the situation to immediately call for Trump to drop out of the
race. A race which, by the way, Perry is barely even being noticed in
at this point. Add to that the fact that Trump has made it clear he
believes Perry didn't do the job as Texas governor that he should have regarding the southern
Texas border. That is nothing but cause for Perry to allow his thin
skin to show through and look for a chance to lash out at Trump to try
to get him out of the race.

But
that's not enough. Good ol' Jeb Bush jumped on the bandwagon against
Trump, too, by immediately taking a stand defending McCain. And why
wouldn't he? McCain and Bush are part of the same establishment Republican
group that control the party and are driving this country into the
slavery being promoted by the Democrats.

Even
Fox News has joined in attacking Trump for his comments. But this
should be no surprise since Fox is nothing but the mouthpiece for the
establishment GOP and pushing Karl Rove's viewpoints as often and as
hard as they can.

And now McCain is saying Trump doesn't owe him an apology, but the apology is due to the veterans. Yet Trump has done nothing but support the veterans. McCain is simply trying to deflect the attention from his own failed senatorial record that Trump has pointed out.

These
types of attacks only go to show that Trump is a threat and they want
him out of the race. They will even use mainstream media/Democrat
tactics to do it.

There is no honor in the Republican establishment.
These are the same people who vowed during the 2014 midterms to destroy the
conservative movement, even though they would not control Congress if it
wasn't for conservative voters.

But
let's get to the crux of the matter. The real issue that's being
talked about right now is the claim that Trump questioned McCain's hero status.
That, however, doesn't address the back story behind it.

Trump
was admittedly angry at John McCain. Unlike others who've been
attacked by McCain and called names, Trump decided to stand up. But he
wasn't standing up for himself. He was standing up for the American
people who care about the future of this country.

After
Trump's crowd-drawing speech in Arizona, where they originally expected
500 people but reports say they ended up with 15,000 people wanting to
attend, McCain said Trump's words brought out "the crazies," which
referred to the American citizens who support Trump. Trump didn't like
patriotic Americans who simply want America's problems fixed being
called names and was angry at McCain for what he said.

Now
everyone knows that this isn't the first time McCain has called
American citizens and even other politicians, who support something that
he doesn't like, terrible names. Remember when he called Senators Rand Paul, Ted
Cruz, and Justin Amash wacko birds?

Yet
when McCain does such things no one stands up to him. When he
continually supports Democrat causes no one holds him accountable. I am
sure the only reason he hasn't attacked Sarah Palin is because that
would put his own decision to have her as a running mate in 2008 into
question. It's certainly not because he agrees with her.

So,
Trump hears McCain has called those who like his position on illegal
immigration and chooses to react harshly to McCain and bring
into question his record as a senator. Sounds like fair game to me. In
fact, Trump's actions were in defense of Americans for their right to
their opinion and their desire to see our country fix its border
crisis. Someone who will stand up for another and defend their right to
their opinion is nothing short of a hero.

Trump
has made it clear he believes that McCain is considered a war hero
because he was a POW and that has somehow caused him to receive less
scrutiny than others. Basically, McCain is given a pass because of his
war experience. And Trump has raised the question why McCain should
get special consideration because of his past instead of being judged based
on the job he's done while serving in the Senate. Trump's words could
have been phrased more clearly, but the point is still there for anyone
giving serious consideration to the situation.

Trump
raises an interesting point. Why should a former prisoner of war, or
anyone else be given special kid glove treatment regarding their
performance in elected office? Shouldn't McCain's service in the Senate
be judged by what he's done as a Senator, not through a filter that
avoids criticism because of a terrible experience he endured as an
American military officer?

And
the fact that McCain shouldn't get special treatment for his senatorial
performance because of his war experience doesn't even take into
account just what McCain did in Vietnam. All that's been said so far is
based on accepting at face value that McCain really was a war hero.
But there are many stories out there that seem to differ with that
assumption.

As recently as this 2010 article questions
about McCain's involvement in covering up information about POWs who
were left behind are raised. It even mentions McCain's confession to his
Vietnamese captors in which, it has been said for years, that he gave so
much confidential information that it increased losses of U. S.
aircraft in that war by as much as 60%. There has always been talk of
McCain giving up information in return for better treatment in
captivity. (Maybe that's why he and John Kerry are close friends.)

But all of that was not questioned because President Nixon
gave a blanket pardon to all POWs for anything they may have done while
in captivity. Once that was done, questions were off the table.

So,
the question of the legitimacy of McCain's heroism can certainly be
raised. But in today's America where just about anyone is considered a
hero, it is politically incorrect to even raise such a question,
especially of someone who was a prisoner of war.

Back in the days when
the label of hero was limited only to those who went above and beyond
the call of duty against all odds there may have been some questioning.
But today, we have an easy definition of hero that doesn't hold such a
high standard. And we've added to that lowered standard the politically
correct idea that anyone who falls into the current category of hero
cannot be questioned.

It's
that kind of stuff that lowers the standards upon which Americans held
for themselves in generations gone by and was a foundation stone in
making America great.

So,
Trump may have used some words that could have been chosen better, but
his intention was not selfish. Rather, it was standing up for Americans
who want a better country, who want our country fixed. And Trump
wasn't going to stand for anyone, not even someone that many think is
some kind of hero, questioning the kind of people who love America.

To
me, Trump's the hero. He stood up for Americans. Other candidates
join in the attack on him instead of joining him to stand up for
Americans.

But
the political class on both sides of the aisle are scared silly of
Donald Trump and are doing everything they can to get him out of the
race. Virtually every pundit, talk show host, and media personality say
Trump will never be the nominee. They say it because they fear it.
But they're not listening to the American people.

Radio
talk show host Mike Gallagher raised an important question this past
week. He noted how much against Trump the pundits and the Republican party
are and he asked why they insist on forcing their agenda on America
instead of listening to the American people. After all, Trump is taking
the country by storm because he's speaking plain, clear truth. He may
not be perfect, but he's a breath of fresh air to a nation choking on
all the politically correct garbage we get from both parties these days.UPDATE: This post is also published at Barbwire.com and this morning a reader wrote a very interesting comment about it. I think the comment says a lot about John McCain and deserves to be posted here, too. The reader goes by the username FlyEagleVA and part of his comment says:I served twelve years in two branches and I am NOT a hero. I respect McCain for his service, but serving and even being a POW is overshadowed by how you conduct yourself and how use the rest of your life. Based on the Code of Conduct, MacCain was a traitor, regardless of Nixon's pardon. Nobody would call John Kerry a hero and McCain and he are two sides of the same coin. McCain is a liberal masquerading as a conservative, who has failed at everything except siding with Democrats on major issues and being a talk show hound. This was the U.S. Code of Conduct at the time of McCain's capture in Vietnam (adopted 1955):

ARTICLE I:I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

ARTICLE II:I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

ARTICLE III:If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and to aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

ARTICLE IV:If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them in every way.

ARTICLE V:When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country or its allies or harmful to their cause.

ARTICLE VI:I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

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